If you have removed your emails from the Inbox and deleted them from the Trash container as well, here you will learn how to recover permanently deleted emails on iPhone. Now, under normal circumstances, this is not possible as once the mails are flushed from the Trash, they are gone forever.
However, Google understands that sometimes this could be an erroneous act. Therefore, it has developed a process for rescue.
In addition, you can also use the iTunes and iCloud backup and restore methods to get all your deleted mails back on your iPhone. Although these procedures could be a bit lengthy, if you follow the steps correctly, you will get all your important emails back in no time.
The three proven solutions to recover permanently deleted emails on iPhone are explained below in detail.
Solution 1: Use Gmail Message Recovery Tool
This method works only when you attempt to recover the emails within 30 days of their deletion. If the time threshold has lapsed, this solution wouldn’t work whatsoever. Further, the process requires you to request Google that you want to get back your emails. Because of this, it may take up to 24 hours to recover your missing messages.
The step-by-step instructions on how to recover permanently deleted emails on iPhone using the Gmail Message Recovery Tool are given below:
- Launch your favorite web browser on your iPhone.
- Type support.google.com in the search bar.
- Tap Go on the virtual keyboard.
- Tap Gmail on the How can we help you page.
- When the next page opens up, scroll down and tap to expand the Fix a problem category.
- Tap Gmail messages are missing.
- On the next page, scroll down to the bottom and tap Most of my emails are missing.
- Tap We can help you find your missing emails and secure your account link from the description that appears.
- You will get to the Gmail Message Recovery Tool page. Tap Sign in.
- Sign into your Google account using your email and password.
- Now you will get back to the Gmail Message Recovery Tool page. Press Start over.
- Confirm your account information. That’s all.
Solution 2: Restore from iTunes Backup
This is another method using which you can recover permanently deleted emails on your iPhone. As the name suggests, this procedure requires you to restore data from an existing iTunes backup. However, this solution may not necessarily work as iTunes doesn’t back up your emails. Therefore, we would recommend that you back up your iPhone first using another method like iCloud, and then restore your iPhone from the old backup. In this way, even if your emails are not recovered, you will not lose the other data.
Now, this troubleshooting measure has two parts namely, a) back up your iPhone to iCloud; b) restore data from iTunes backup. You can learn how to recover permanently deleted emails on iPhone by restoring your data from iTunes backup by following the step-by-step instructions given below:
Part 1: Back Up iPhone to iCloud
- Go to Settings.
- Tap your name from the top of the window.
- Tap iCloud from the Apple ID screen.
- On the iCloud window, tap iCloud Backup.
- On the Backup screen, tap to turn on the iCloud Backup switch under the BACKUP section (if it is disabled).
- Tap Back Up Now.
- Wait while your iPhone is backed up to iCloud.
Part 2: Restore from iTunes Backup
- On your computer, launch iTunes.
- Use the Lightning Cable to connect your iPhone to the PC.
- Wait while iTunes detects your iPhone.
- Click the Phone button from the top of the iTunes interface.
- From the Backups section on the right, click Restore Backup from the Manually Back Up and Restore column.
- On the Restore From Backup box, choose the most recent iTunes backup from the iPhone Name drop-down list.
- Click Restore.
- Wait while iTunes restores the backup to your iPhone.
- Once done, disconnect your iPhone from the computer.
- Wait for iPhone to restart.
- Go to your email account’s Inbox. Check and confirm if the deleted emails are recovered.
Solution 3: Restore from iCloud Backup
Like the previous solution, even this one may not necessarily work to recover permanently deleted emails on iPhone as your emails may not be backed up to iCloud either. Nevertheless, you can still give it a try. Also, this troubleshooting method has two parts as well. In the first part, you back up your iPhone to iTunes in order to avoid losing the data currently on your iPhone; and in the second one, you erase all content and settings from your phone, begin setting it up as a new device, and restore data from the iCloud backup that might include your permanently deleted emails. The procedure is explained below:
Part 1: Back Up Your iPhone via iTunes
- Use the steps given in the previous solution to connect your iPhone to the computer and get to its Summary screen on iTunes.
- Once there, from the Automatically Back Up column under the Backups section in the right window, click to select the This Computer radio button.
- Uncheck the Encrypt local backup box.
- From the Manually Back Up and Restore column, click Back Up Now.
- On the confirmation box that appears next, click Don’t Encrypt.
- Wait while iTunes backs up your iPhone.
- Disconnect your iPhone from the computer once the backup process is complete.
Part 2: Restore Data from iCloud Backup
- On your iPhone, go to Settings.
- Tap General.
- Scroll down to the General screen and tap Transfer or Reset iPhone.
- From the bottom of the next window, tap Erase All Content and Settings.
- On the Erase This iPhone screen, tap Continue from the bottom.
- Enter your iPhone’s passcode in the next window.
- Tap Erase iPhone from the bottom.
- Wait while all the content and settings are removed from your iPhone and your phone restarts.
- Upon successful reboot, follow the on-screen instructions to set up your iPhone until you get to the Apps & Data window.
- When there, tap Restore from iCloud Backup.
- On the iCloud window, enter your Apple ID and password when your iPhone prompts.
- On the Choose Backup window, tap to select the most recent iCloud backup to recover your emails from.
- Follow the on-screen instructions from there to allow your iPhone to restore data from the iCloud backup.
- After successful restoration, go to your email account’s Inbox and see if all the permanently deleted emails are recovered.
Conclusion
Now that you have learned how to recover permanently deleted emails on iPhone, you can try any of the above solutions to get your important messages back. However, while the Gmail Message Recovery Tool is a sure-shot solution to get the emails back as long as the 30 days threshold has not lapsed, the recovery process from iTunes and iCloud backups sounds to be more durable, only if the two solutions have backed up your emails during the backup process.
